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Mouse wheel and combobox
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From
08/10/2006 17:24:41
 
 
To
08/10/2006 09:29:32
Dragan Nedeljkovich
Now officially retired
Zrenjanin, Serbia
General information
Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Forms & Form designer
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 7 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01160332
Message ID:
01160415
Views:
15
>>>What bothers me is the outdated way that a combobox deals with the wheel of a mouse. Modern applications support scrolling with the mouse wheel much better.
>>>
>>>Anyone has suggestions for handcoded improvements?
>>
>>What is it that you don´t like and how do you think it should behave?
>
>It should scroll when you roll the wheel. Just like most of the comboboxes in other apps do, including those in browsers.

You hit the nail! That's exactly what I expect from a combobox/listbox. In some (some?) areas VFP really is an outdated interface. Perceived from this POV, it's no wonder that other languages have become more popular.
Groet,
Peter de Valença

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